jetting

jet ¹  (jt)

n.

1. A dense black coal that takes a high polish and is used for jewelry.

2. A deep black.

adj.

1. Made of or resembling a dense, black, highly polished coal.

2. Black as coal; jet-black: jet hair.

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[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman geet, from Latin gagts, from Greek, after Gagas, a town of Lycia.]

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jet ²  (jt)

n.

1.

a. A high-velocity fluid stream forced under pressure out of a small-diameter opening or nozzle.

b. An outlet, such as a nozzle, used for emitting such a stream.

c. Something emitted in or as if in a high-velocity fluid stream: "such myriad and such vivid jets of images" (Henry Roth).

2.

a. A jet-propelled vehicle, especially a jet-propelled aircraft.

b. A jet engine.

v. jet·ted, jet·ting, jets

v.intr.

1. To travel by jet aircraft: jetted from Houston to Los Angeles.

2. To move very quickly.

v.tr.

To propel outward or squirt, as under pressure: "Any man might . . . hang around . . . jetting tobacco juice" (Ross Lockridge, Jr.)

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[French, from Old French, from jeter, to spout forth, throw, from Vulgar Latin *iectre, alteration of Latin iactre, frequentative of iacere, to throw; see y- in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

jetting - propelled violently in a usually narrow stream spouting, spurting, squirting running - (of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream; "as mountain stream with freely running water"; "hovels without running water"